oil pump

[jizake1jz]

yeah the line is off and i'm using the starter to crank the motor. no oil


i never took the oil pan off though.

i had the lines backwards. i hate to admit that, but i guess everyone makes a mistake now and again. hopefully this wasn't a really expensive one. now that i switched the lines back i had hoped it was going to work. no go.

i tried getting oil to come out of the line going to the filter as well as the port for the oil pressure sending unit. not a drip.

the only thing is there is oil in the oil cooler, so it had to work at some point.

i figure the next step is to pull the motor apart and check on the pump.

 

[jizake1jz]

ok the pump checked out fine. here is my theory:

when i had the lines switched, the pressure relief valve opened so no oil was entering the lines. then once i corrected the problem but still found no oil entering the lines, the motor wasn't turning fast enough to feed enough oil through the -10 lines.

so basically just try again....